Scott Quin
{{short description|Scottish swimmer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}}
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| name = Scott Quin
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| image = Scott Quinn 2016.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|7|1}}
| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland
| height = {{convert|1.70|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
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| sport = Swimming
| club = Warrender Baths Club
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| coach = Laurel Bailey / Kris Gilchrist
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{{MedalSport | Men's para swimming }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 100 m backstroke (S14)}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2015 Glasgow | 100 m breaststroke SB14}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold | 2016 Funchal | 100 m breaststroke – SB14}}
{{MedalSilver | 2014 Eindhoven | 100 m breaststroke SB14}}
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Scott Quin (born 1 July 1990) is a Scottish parasport swimmer competing in S14, SB14 and SM14 classification events, specialising in the 100m breaststroke. He has won medals at both the IPC Swimming European Championships and the IPC Swimming World Championships.
Personal history
Quin was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1990. He has Crouzon syndrome and tunnel vision.{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13127528.Quin_takes_defeat_and_turns_it_in_to_a_victory/ |title=Quin takes defeat and turns it in to a victory |accessdate=19 August 2015 |date=16 October 2013 |work=The Herald |location=Glasgow}} He attended Willowpark Primary and completed his secondary education at Saltersgate.{{cite web |url=https://backarisingstar.wordpress.com/east/scott-quin/ |title=Scott Quin |accessdate=19 August 2015 |work=Back a Rising Star}}
Sporting career
Quin took up swimming in 2000, joining his first swimming club Loanhead Dolphins.{{cite web |url=http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=940967&refreshauto=1 |title=Quin, Scott |accessdate=19 August 2015 |work=IPC |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090748/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=514&personid=940967&refreshauto=1 |url-status=dead }} He switched club to Warrender Baths Club and in 2011 he made a major competitive breakthrough when he finished fifth in the MC (multi-classification) 100m breaststroke at the British Swimming Championships in Manchester. His achievements in Manchester saw him secure a place with the British team to compete at the 2011 IPC Swimming European Championships in Berlin, again coming fifth in the final.{{cite web |url=http://www.swimming.org/britishswimming/para-swimming/mens-world-class-pathway-podium/scott-quin/15408/ |title=Scott Quin |accessdate=19 August 2015 |publisher=swimming.org}}
In 2012 Quin took his first major British medal when he won bronze at the MC 100m breaststroke at the London Aquatics Centre. Later that year Quin faced a personal setback when he failed to make the British squad for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, after missing qualification by 0.11 seconds.{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishdisabilitysport.com/sds/index.cfm/news/national-sport/british-record-for-scott-quinn/ |title=British Record for Scott Quin |accessdate=19 August 2015 |publisher=scottishdisabilitysport.com}} He rallied himself in 2013 to win gold at the British Gas International event in March where he set a new personal best in the 100m breaststroke.{{cite web |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/swimming-scott-quin-puts-paralympic-snub-to-rest-1-3024916 |title=Swimming: Scott Quin puts Paralympic snub to rest |author=McGlade, Neil |accessdate=19 August 2015 |date=1 August 2013 |work=The Scotsman}} A month later he secured a place with the British team at the World Championship qualification trials held in Sheffield. At the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships in Montreal, Quinn finished second in his heat and in the final posted a time of 1:08.81 to finish fifth.{{cite web |url=http://www.paralympic.org/static/info/montreal/ENG/SW/SWR173A_MO2013SWM334301ENG.htm |title=Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 Final |accessdate=19 August 2015 |date=16 August 2013 |work=IPC}}
In 2014 Quin again made the British squad, travelling to Eindhoven to compete in the IPC Swimming European Championships. At the Championships he competed in both the 200m individual medley SM14 and his favoured 100m breaststroke S14. He finished just outside the medal position in fourth in the medley, but he won his first major international medal when he took silver behind Marc Evers of the Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/mighty-scott-quin-targets-best-in-the-world-1-3509307 |title=Mighty Scott Quin targets best in the world |author=McGlade, Neil |accessdate=19 August 2015 |date=14 August 2014 |work=The Scotsman}} Quin followed his success in Eindhoven when he represented Great Britain at his second IPC World Championships, this time on home soil when the competition was held in Glasgow. In a repeat of the European result, Quin won silver behind Evers, sharing second place with world record holder Yasuhiro Tanaka with whom he recorded an identical time of 1:07.99.{{cite web |url=http://www.scottishswimming.com/news-events/news/2015/07/sensational-silvers-from-quin-and-mullen-in-glasgow.aspx |title=Sensational Silvers from Quin and Mullen in Glasgow |accessdate=19 August 2015 |date=13 July 2015 |publisher=scottishswimming.com}}
References
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External links
- {{British Swimming para-swimmer|scott-quin}}
- {{BPA|scott-quin}}
- {{IPC|scott-quin|old_id=940967}}
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Category:Scottish male breaststroke swimmers
Category:British male breaststroke swimmers
Category:Paralympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming Championships
Category:Medalists at the World Para Swimming European Championships
Category:Swimmers from Edinburgh
Category:Paralympic medalists in swimming